Ireland’s left-wing nationalist Sinn Fein party surges in historic but inconclusive election

DUBLIN – Ireland’s left-wing nationalist Sinn Fein party shattered the country’s center-right status quo with its strongest-ever performance in this weekend’s general election, throwing Irish politics into uncertainty. Exit polls and early vote counts showed Sinn Fein on par with or ahead of the two mainstream parties that have dominated Irish politics for nearly a […]